Want to learn how to write scripts for movies and television? In this screenwriting crash course, we’ll dive into the basic principles of writing for the big and small screens. We’ll learn what works for the pros, how to format a script, and how to adapt fiction for the screen. Then we’ll take a run at writing our own scenes. Join us, and see what goes on behind the camera!

Author of Your Screenplay Sucks!, William M. Akers is a Lifetime member of the Writers Guild of America. He has written for studios, independent producers, and network television. Head of the screenwriting program at Belmont University, Akers has been a script consultant for twenty years and gives writing workshops around the world. His first novel, Mrs. Ravenbach's Way, was published in March, 2016 by ReganArts.